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Hawa Abdi | Top 100 womenhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/08/hawa-abdi-100-women
One of Somalia's first female gynaecologists, Hawa Abdi now uses her own money to run a small hospital treating everything from war injuries to malnutrition and disease<p>In 1983 Abdi, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/opinion/16kristof.html?_r=2&amp;src=me&amp;ref=general" title="The New York Times: Heroic, Female and Muslim">one of Somalia's first female gynaecologists</a>, opened a small clinic for women and children on her family farm. When the country descended into civil war in 1991 she opened to all and now the camp near Mogadishu is home to around 90,000 people. , mostly displaced women and children seeking refuge and treatment for everything from war injuries to malnutrition and disease.</p><p>When Islamist militants invaded the camp, they took Abdi hostage for a week, saying women should not be allowed to be in control of such a place. "I may be a woman, but I'm a doctor," she said. "What have you done for society?"</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/08/hawa-abdi-100-women">Continue reading...</a>WomenScienceDoctorsLife and styleSomaliaWorld newsAfricaTue, 08 Mar 2011 00:05:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/08/hawa-abdi-100-womenPhotograph: Martin Roe/Retna Ltd.Dr Hawa Abdi. Photograph: Martin Roe/Retna Ltd.Photograph: Martin Roe/Retna Ltd.Dr Hawa Abdi. Photograph: Martin Roe/Retna Ltd.Emine Saner2011-03-08T00:05:39Z